Harness retractor



A. H. LANDRY.

HARNESS RETRACTOR. APPLICATION man NOV. l8, I920.

1 127,6()4 Patented Aug. 29, 1922.

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ADOLPHUS H. LANDRY, OF LOX/VELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS RETRACTOR.

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Application filed November 18, 1920. Serial No. 424,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrHUs H. Lxxonr, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Harness Retractor, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and. exact de ture relied upon toexert the proper tension upon the harnesses, and to actuate the same inthe manner desired extremely cumbersome and consequently expensive tomanufacture.

With this in view I have now constructed a harness evener or retractormore particularly adapted for use in connection with looms, by means ofwhich it will be possible by a simple manipulation of the parts, toproperly even the harness or retract the same.

By this construction a weaver will be enabled to locate his heddle morequickly, and to properly insert the thread suhsequent to which a harnessmay be instantly returned to its normal position.

A further object of my invention is the construction of a harness eveneror retractor which shall be extremely simple in construction, and bymeans of which numerous conventional parts of the loom as heretoforeconstructed may be eliminated.

Reference is had to the attached sheet of drawings as illustratingonepractical embodiment of my invention, and in which- Figure 1 shows aloom having my im-' proved retractor applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the same, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 3 3 ofFigure 2.

In these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the loom frame, and 6the con ventional harnesses attached thereto. By virtue of my improvedconstruction, the conventional lower portions of the jacks 7 may bedispensed with, which jacks, as will be noted, are pivotally secured asat 8 in the usual manner to the frame 5.

Stirrupconnections 9 are also attached in the conventional manner at oneof their ends to the jacks 7, their opposite ends bein secured to theconventional stirrup'lcvcrs 10 comprising, as is well known, a doublehooked upper end 11, and a hooked lower end 12, or other suitable meanspermitting of the connection of the leads 13 extending to the harnesses.

As will be noted, reference being had to Figures 1 and 3, the stirrupconnections 9 extend between the jacks 7 and one of the hooks of thedouble hooked upper end 11. The vopposite hook of this end portion ofthe lever 10 has secured to it one of the leads 13. the second leadbeing attached to the hooked end 12.

Contrary to the conventional construction, a shaft or other suitableactuating member 1 1- is rotatably secured to the frame 5, as has beenindicated by the reference numeral 15. Crank arms 16 are rigidly securedto the shaft 14- at points beyond the outermost stirrup levers 10, suchcrank arms mounting a rod 16.

Now upon the hand wheel or other actuatin member 17 associated with theshaft, being actuated, the rod 16 will be caused to bear against thestirrup levers 10, thus moving these members to a position at which theywil align one with the other correspondingly evening the harnesses 6.

In this connection it will be noted that he bottom harness wire usuallyused, is

dispensed with, and in lieu thereof, a spring i 18 is utilized, whichspring 18 has one of 1ts ends secured to the frame 5, its opposite endconnecting with one of the harnesses 6.

Each of these springs, as will readily beappreciated serves to normallyexert a downward. pull upon the harnesses 6, to which it is attached,and further springs 19 interposed between a fixed element and theharnesses 6 serve also to produce this result.

Obviously it will be appreciated that a weaver may quickly even orretract the various harnesses by simply operating the shaft 141 or otheractuating element which, as aforedescribed, will serve to align thestirrup levers 10, and consequently the corresponding harnesses. Thiswill permit the weaver to readily find. his heddle and to properlyposition the thread. Subsequent to the accomplishment of this object, aretraction of the parts operated will serve to move the rods 16' out ofengagement with the stirrup levers 10, and to permit the same to move totheir normal position.

between said Obviously numerous modifications structure might readily beresorted to With-- out in the least departing from the spirit oi": myinvention, which i claim as- A harness retractor of the characterdescribed, including a plurality of harnesses fraine supporting saidharnesses, a plurality of levers pivoted to said above said harnessesconnecting means extended levers and said harnesses, means retractingthe motion of said harnesses against the pull. of said levers, a

ADOLPHUS H. LANDRY.

